Underwater Photography by Jay Torborg 

"Triton's Trumpet #1"

The early Hawaiians used the Triton�s Trumpet (Charonia tritonis) as a blowing shell. One of the largest mollusks found in Hawaii, the Triton�s Trumpet is one of the few predators on the Crown-of-Thorns sea star (Acanthaster pianci).

This Triton's Trumpet is lying on its back and was photographed in about 40 feet of water off the south Kohala Coast near Puako Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Photographed with a Nikon N90s in a Sea&Sea NX90 housing with two Ikelite 200 strobes. Nikon 60mm f2.8 macro lens. Fuji Provia 100F transparency film scanned with a Nikon LS-2000.

Copyright Jay Torborg 2000